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A model-based approach to assess the effectiveness of pest biocontrol by natural enemies

, 2016
Main goal: The aim of this note is to propose a modeling approach for assessing the effectiveness of pest biocontrol by natural enemies in diversified agricultural landscapes including several pesticide-based management strategies.
Ciss, Mamadou, Franck, Pierre, Gosme, Marie, Memmah, Mohamed-Mahmoud, Parisey, Nicolas, Poggi, Sylvain, Roques, Lionel   +6 more
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Tree cover and geographic origin of tree species drive bird functional groups in urban environments

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban trees provide habitat and resources for wild species in cities and support biodiversity provision of ecosystem services, among which insect control is particularly relevant. Predators of insects are promoted by the presence of trees and, in turn, may enhance biosecurity of the trees.
Marco Basile, Benno A. Augustinus, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turning a Pest into a Natural Enemy: Removing Earwigs from Stone Fruit and Releasing Them in Pome Fruit Enhances Pest Control. [PDF]

Insects, 2023
Hanel A, Orpet RJ, Hilton R, Nottingham L, Northfield TD, Schmidt-Jeffris R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Combining non‐invasive survey methods increases cumulative detection probability for breeding harlequin ducks Histrionicus histrionicus

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The effective implementation of new technologies for wildlife population monitoring is limited by knowledge of factors that impact their efficacy. Population monitoring of harlequin ducks Histrionicus histrionicus on their breeding streams in Montana and Idaho in the Northern Rocky Mountains, has historically relied on ground‐based foot surveys (GBS ...
Holli A. Holmes, Hannah M. Specht, Lisa J. Bate, Kristina Smucker, Casey McCormack, Cara Staab, Thomas W. Franklin, Dan Bachen, Bryce Maxell, Allison J. Puchniak Begley, Joshua J. Millspaugh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Azadirachtin to Transform Spodoptera frugiperda from Pest to Natural Enemy. [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2021
Lin S, Li S, Liu Z, Zhang L, Wu H, Cheng D, Zhang Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development

New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 81-87, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
wiley   +1 more source

Shrubs inhibit plant diseases by intercepting light in alpine meadows

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Climate change is disproportionately impacting mountain ecosystems, leading to widespread shrub expansion into alpine meadows. Shrub encroachment alters the albedo, carbon budget and warming rate in alpine grasslands, but it remains challenging to predict how shrub ...
Yimin Zhao, Xiaodan Tan, Peng Zhang, Yao Xiao, Xiang Liu, Mu Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perennial Flowering Plants Sustain Natural Enemy Populations in Gobi Desert Oases of Southern Xinjiang, China. [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Liu Y, Liu B, Li Q, Sun M, Li M, Wyckhuys KAG, Wang P, Lu Y.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can manipulative parasites modify host‐mediated trophic effects? Experimental evidence from Schistocephalus solidus and three‐spined sticklebacks

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Parasites can alter host traits, thereby reshaping host interactions and modifying density‐ and trait‐mediated effects in trophic cascades. But despite increasing research in parasite ecology, the cascading effects of parasitism from individual hosts to population and ...
Maja Drakula, Lena Gerigk, Ella S. Rothe, Jacob‐Josef Brüning, Mats Reckert, Alexander Brinker, Beatriz Elias Ranelli, Joachim Kurtz, Jaime M. Anaya‐Rojas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

New purple scale parasite: A second natural enemy of citrus pest established in California may be effective in low host infestations

California Agriculture, 1952
A second natural enemy of purple scale on citrus is established in California.
S Flanders
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